Novica Bjelica

Serbian volleyball player

Novica Bjelica

Personal information

Born

(1983-02-09) 9 February 1983 (age 41)
Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

Height

2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)

Weight

86 kg (190 lb)

Spike

343 cm (135 in)

Block

324 cm (128 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Middle blocker

Current club

OK Partizan

Career

Years	Teams
2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2018 2018–2019 2020 2021–	Budućnost Podgorica Maggiora Latina Copra Piacenza Sisley Treviso Roma Volley Fenerbahçe Istanbul Minas Tênis Clube Budvanska Rivijera Budva El Jaish Stade Poitevin Poitiers Ahmedabad Defenders PAOK Thessaloniki Partizan Belgrade

National team

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Serbia and Montenegro
European Championship
	2005 Serbia and Montenegro/Italy
World Cup
	2003 Japan
World League
	2004 Rome
Mediterranean Games
	2005 Almería	Team
Representing Serbia
World League
	2009 Belgrade

Last updated: 13 February 2017

Novica Bjelica (Serbian: Новица Бјелица; born 9 February 1983) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Stade Poitevin Poitiers, a participant of the 2008 Olympic Games, medalist of European Championship, World Cup and World League, 2009 Italian Champion, 2015 Montenegrin Champion.

Career

He won several medals with the national team in international competitions. Novica represented his country at the 2008 Olympic Games. Serbian team was eliminated in the quarter finals of the Olympic tournament.^[1]

He won 2009 Italian Champion title with Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza. Then he was a player of another Italian teams from Treviso and Rome. Bjelica played season 2012/13 in Turkish Fenerbahçe Istanbul.^[2] Season 2013/14 he spent in Brazilian league as Minas Tênis Clube player.^[3] Next season he played for Budvanska Rivijera Budva and he achieved title of 2015 Montenegrin Champion.^[4] In 2016 after short time in El Jaish, he signed contract with French club Stade Poitevin Poitiers.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

2007/2008 – with Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza

CEV Cup

2010/2011 – with Sisley Treviso

South American Club Championship

Brazil 2014 – with Minas Tênis Clube

National championships

2007/2008 Italian Championship, with Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
2008/2009 Italian Championship, with Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
2009/2010 Italian SuperCup 2009, with Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza
2012/2013 Turkish SuperCup 2012, with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
2014/2015 Montenegrin Championship, with Budvanska Rivijera Budva

References

^ NOVICA BJELICA - olympic.org - 13-02-2017
^ Novica Bjelica potpisao za Fenerbahče - vijesti.me - 13-02-2017
^ EXCLUSIVE FOR WOV: Novica Bjelica - "I don`t miss playing for the NT" - worldofvolley.com - 13-02-2017
^ NOVICA BJELICA: Z RESOVIA CZEKA NAS CIĘŻKA PRZEPRAWA - przegladsportowy.pl - 13-02-2017